Martin Etzrodt, Sönke Bartling, Darius Styra, Gotthold Fläschner, Titusz Pan Introduction NFTs for scientific discoveries, ideas, or papers are a great way to start the crypto-economy for science. Science NFTs could be traded on marketplaces. The crypto-economy for science might create novel incentives around innovation, discoveries, and publishing, but it can…

sollten wir mal über unser Forschungssystem sprechen This is a German article that was posted to Hufftington post in October 2015, reposted here, because Hufftington Post ceased to exist — one more reason for a permanent Web:) Von PD Dr. Sönke Bartling, Prof. Sascha Friesike Es ist gut, dass über…

To use only a few words: the field matures — less hype, way more substance. The people attending 2019´s Blockchain For Science conference were driven, knowledgeable and full of realism. It was the 2nd International Conference on Blockchain for Science, Research and Knowledge Creation after the 2018's edition. The presented projects were substantial and partially in Alpha and Beta-stage… Meaning they really work and they…

Crypto-economic mechanisms, blockchain technology and cryptographic tokens might allow new ways to foster innovation and to organize the scientific funding processes. They could provide new ways to incentivise idea and result sharing far beyond what the Open Science movement and Web 2.0 for science have archived in the last decades. …

After a series of meetups and unconferences we felt strong enough to call for the First International conference on Blockchain For Science, Research and Knowledge creation. Luckily, the long planned dates fell together with the Berlin Science week.

The whole conference was in rather an unusual setting — bridging the Kreuzberg / Brooklyn backyard blockchain culture with rather established scientific conference locations … :) All crowned by a graffiti of one of the most famous Berlin street artists — Tobo. …